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Salman Khan to enter 20 million households with the World TV Premiere of KICK on Star Gold

22 September 2014

~ Star Gold brings to its viewers an early telecast of the year’s biggest blockbuster KICK – within 2 months of its theatrical release ~

National: After breaking all box office records of 2014 this monsoon, Salman Khan is all set to re-create history on Indian television! Salman Khan and Star Gold are back together with the world TV premiere of the biggest blockbuster of 2014 – KICK. The highest grossing Bollywood film of 2014, KICK is all set for its World Television Premiere on Star Gold – Sunday, 28th September 2014, 8 pm

For majority of the audience who have missed the opportunity to watch Kick in the theatres and for those who can never have enough of watching Salman Khan, Star Gold presents an early television premiere of the film, telecasting it 2 months within its theatrical release. Star Gold aims to reach 20 million households with the TV premiere of this action-packed blockbuster, re-iterating its promise of being the Home of Blockbuster Premieres

Announcing the World TV premiere of Kick, Hemal Jhaveri, Executive Vice President of Star Gold said, “Besides being the box office king, Salman Khan’s movies have a humungous viewership on television. The premiere of Bodyguard on Star Gold yet ranks as the highest rated premiere on a Hindi movie channel till date. Kick has been received very well by the audiences, and we hope to entertain the viewers once again replicating the film’s success on television.”

Early 2014, Star India announced its acquisition of a fresh movie library comprising of 15 highly anticipated Bollywood films of the year. Star India continues to bring the best and biggest of Bollywood with television premieres of leading superstars such as Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and many more. After Singham, Bodyguard, Ra.One, Housefull 2, Bol Bachchan, Son of Sardaar, Dabangg 2, Jai Ho and many others; Kick is the latest worldwide blockbuster to premiere on Star Gold.

Commenting further on the premiere, Hemal Jhaveri said, “We have always received a phenomenal response for our television premieres. With the world TV premiere of Kick, Star Gold once again brings to its viewers the latest and biggest Bollywood premieres on television. We are confident that the World TV premiere of Kick shall prove to be yet another milestone for Star Gold.

 Kick is about the journey of a man, having a thirst for adrenaline rush in his life which leads him to transform from a common man to a superhero for the common man.  Besides being the most successful film of 2014, Kick currently ranks as the second highest grossing Bollywood film of all time. Salman Khan’s seventh film in the 100 crore club of Bollywood, the film also stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film has been produced and directed by Sajid Nadiadwala

 In 2013, Salman Khan and Star India network signed a deal for the television broadcast rights of his upcoming Bollywood films till 2017. With the maximum number of 100 crore Bollywood films being premiered on the channel, a high profile movie acquisitions list for 2014 and the TV rights deal between Star India and superstars Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn – Star Gold is definitely the Home of Blockbuster Premieres for all Hindi movie buffs

World TV Premiere of KICK – 28th September 2014 at 8pm only on Star Gold

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